NATURAL HISTORY. 
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name for both the sea cray fish and the fresh water ; the former 
is nearly two feet long, and abundant on all the rocky shores; 
the latter is from four to eight inches long. The Rotorua 
lakes abound with the largest, but near Paparoa, on the Wan¬ 
ganui, I met with one nearly a foot long. 
Wae rau potikete, is the sea spider, about one and a half 
inches across the carapace; it is covered with sharp spines, 
and is used as a bait for the shark. 
Papaka, the crab : the largest is about two and a half 
inches across the carapace; a small crab, called the rerepari, 
abounds in the salt marshes. There is also a small crab found 
in the mussel, which has a very round red body and short legs. 
I have met with a little fresh-water crab, seventy miles inland ; 
it is not above half an inch across the shell, delicately formed, 
of a dusky green coior. There is no lobster in New Zealand. 
Kowitiwiti raoana, is a very small sea shrimp, about an inch 
long, abounding on the sandy beaches. 
Mamaiti, is a larger kind ; there is also a land insect nearly 
approaching the shrimp in form and habits. 
Tarekihi, a beautiful flat silvery fish, with a black spot on 
the back. 
Hippocampus abdominalis, the sea-horse. I have met with 
two kinds of this singular fish, one being straight and narrow. 
It is chiefly found in the north part of the island. 
Patangai, is a star fish with twelve rays. 
Weki, is one with a very small body and five long rays. 
Tori tori, and ko toretore, are sea anemone. 
Ongaonga, sea nettle, a mollusca. 
Pungoungou, or pungorungoru, or papa taura, are varieties of 
the sponge ; some of these are equal to the best Turkish ones. 
Poti poti , Portuguese man of war. Phasalia, a beautiful 
mollusca, of a fine dark blue or purple. 
The common name for all fish is ika, or ngohengohe ; of all 
univalve shells, pupu; and of bivalves, pipi and anga, which 
includes both kinds. It is remarked by Dr. Gray, that the 
shells of New Zealand, like those of other parts of the southern 
ocean, are many of them of a larger and brighter color than 
the species found in the same latitudes of the northern hemi- 
